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PERRIS: Mobile phone store robbed with replica handgun, police say

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A cellphone store in Perris was robbed by a man wielding a fake pistol, sheriff's officials said.

Andrew Zaragoza Lowe

The man went into a Metro PCS store in the 2500 block of North Perris Boulevard at 6:52 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, brandished what appeared to be a black handgun and demanded money from the register, a sheriff's news release stated.

By the time deputies showed up, the man had run away and was heading west. Deputies collected a detailed description of the man from the victims and broadcast it to other officers.

Officials located a man who matched that description nearby. Officials also found clothing that matched the description of what the man was wearing during the crime and a replica handgun, the release stated.

Andrew Zaragoza Lowe, 28, was arrested on suspicion of felony robbery and burglary charges and booked into the Southwest Detention Center in lieu of $30,000 bail, jail records show.

The case is under investigation and anybody with information was asked to call sheriff's Sgt.Â Bob McCalmont of the Perris Station at 951-210-1000.

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